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== Before start to web | == Before start to writing the scirpt of web scraping (crawler) == | ||
* Are | * Are the website offer datasets or files? e.g. open data | ||
* Are | * Are the website offer [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Application_programming_interface API] (Application programming interface)? | ||
'''How to find the unofficial (3rd-party) web crawler?''' Search keyword strategy suggested as follows: | '''How to find the unofficial (3rd-party) web crawler?''' Search keyword strategy suggested as follows: | ||
* ''target website'' + crawler | * ''target website'' + crawler | ||
* ''target website'' + bot | * ''target website'' + bot | ||
* ''target website'' + download | * ''target website'' + download / downloader | ||
== Further reading == | == Further reading == | ||
Revision as of 11:59, 20 November 2020
List of technical issues
- Content of web page was changed (revision): The expected web content (of specified DOM element) became empty.
- Multiple sources of same column such as different HTML DOM but have the same column value.
- Backup the HTML text of parent DOM element
- (optional) Complete HTML file backup
- The IP was banned from server
- Setting the temporization (sleep time) between each request e.g.: PHP: sleep - Manual, AutoThrottle extension — Scrapy 1.0.3 documentation or Sleep random seconds in programming.
- The server responded with a status of 403: '403 forbidden' --> Change the network IP
- CATCHA
- AJAX
- The web page needed to signed in
- Blocking the request without Referer or other headers.
- Connection timeout during a http request. e.g. In PHP default_socket_timeout is 30 seconds[1][2].
- Language and URL-encodes string
- Data cleaning issues e.g. Non-breaking space or other Whitespace character
| Difficulty in implementing | Approach | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| easy | Url is the resource of dataset | |
| more difficult | Url is the resource of dataset. Require to simulate post form submit with the form data or user agent | Using HTTP request and response data tool or PHP: cURL |
| more difficult | Require to simulate the user behavior on browser such as click the button, submit the form and obtain the file finally. | Using Selenium or Headless Chrome |
| difficult | Ajax |
Before start to writing the scirpt of web scraping (crawler)
- Are the website offer datasets or files? e.g. open data
- Are the website offer API (Application programming interface)?
How to find the unofficial (3rd-party) web crawler? Search keyword strategy suggested as follows:
- target website + crawler
- target website + bot
- target website + download / downloader
Further reading
- Stateless: Why say that HTTP is a stateless protocol? - Stack Overflow
- Stateful: What is stateful? Webopedia Definition
- List of HTTP status codes - Wikipedia
- Skill tree of web scraping
References
Troubleshooting of ...
- PHP, cUrl, Python, selenium, HTTP status code errors
- Database: SQL syntax debug, MySQL errors, MySQLTuner errors or PostgreSQL errors
- HTML/Javascript: Troubleshooting of javascript, XPath
- Software: Mediawiki, Docker, FTP problems, online conference software
- Test connectivity for the web service, Web Ping, Network problem, Web user behavior, Web scrape troubleshooting
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